skillfully

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skillfully

  • /ˈskɪlfəli/

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From Middle English skilfully, skylfully, skilfulliche, equivalent to skillful + -ly.

adverb more skillfully · most skillfully · skilfully

  1. In a skillful manner; with skill. On Sundays he mounted the pulpit instead of black bare bones, and as a preacher he drew the fangs of Satan with his spiritual pullikins, almost as skillfully as he did the teeth of his brother sinners on week days, with his metallic ones.

    Similar: handily

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adv in a skillful manner

한국어익히 ikhi
Deutschgeschickt

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@misc{skillfully_2026,
  title = {skillfully},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/skillfully},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}